My take on “A Psychopharmacology Fit for Mad Liberation? by Awais Aftab”
psychopharmacology
Confusing the Diagnosis for the Person
Psychiatry & Its Discontents
This book comes from Prof. Andrew Scull. The publishers say: “Written by one of the world’s most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull…
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Ethical issues in psychopharmacology
I studied neuroscience to understand my addictions. Now I know it’s not the cure
“Substance misuse is not a simple problem of brain chemistry. The most powerful influences lie outside our heads” Writing in The Guardian , Judith Grisel says: “I used to think addiction was caused by screwy molecules in the brain, and would be…
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Ten Myths about Depression and Psycho-Pharmacology:
An article called “ Psychiatry Gone Astray “, by Prof. Peter Gøtzsche, appears on the blog site of psychiatrist Dr. David Healy. The article lists ten myths about mental illness and psycho-pharmacology: Myth 1: Your disease is caused by a chemical imbalance in…
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Pseudoscience in Biological Psychiatry: Blaming the Body
Ayahuasca, Psilocybin and LSD
The actual title of this paper is “Antidepressive, anxiolytic, and antiaddictive effects of ayahuasca, psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD): a systematic review of clinical trials published in the last 25 years” … but that was a bit too long…
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